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“Drag one's feet”in other languages

Keep putting something off.

  • English
  • Portuguese
  • Russian
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Same idea, different pictures

English has two: dragging your feet like someone who doesn't want to arrive, and kicking the can down the road, nudging the problem ahead instead of picking it up. Brazilian Portuguese pushes it with its belly, empurrar com a barriga, without using its hands.

Russian pulls the cat by the tail, тянуть кота за хвост: slow, pointless, and nobody enjoys it.

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